Photos: Foreign Ministry Launches 'Back to School Campaign' to Support Education in Ghana
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MFA-RI),
has launched a new initiative dubbed "Back to School Campaign" with the
sole aim of generating direct and indirect support from the diplomatic
community in Ghana to augment government's efforts at making teaching
and learning in Ghana the best on the African continent.
Speaking at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration
Back to School Campaign launch under the theme "Foreign Policy Mirrors
Domestic Policy," Madam Botchwey said "as Ghana engages in a holistic
approach to development, the Ministry sees the nation's foreign policy
and interventions on the domestic front as two sides of the same coin.
It is on this basis that Ghana stands committed to leveraging
effectively, the tools of foreign policy by embarking on this campaign
in collaboration with the Diplomatic Community, to mirror the State's
efforts by assisting a number of government schools in the country".
Why the Campaign
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the campaign would go a long way in complementing the government's efforts in ensuring that education is accessible to all Ghanaians of school going age. Essentially, the Foreign Ministry hopes to cushion Ghanaian children whose parents are unable to provide their basic needs for school and ensure that they have access to quality education.
Supporting Diplomatic Missions
For the first phase of the campaign, the Ministry obtained several sets of English language and Mathematics textbooks for a number of Primary School children in classes ranging from class one to six and Junior High School one to three. The Diplomatic Missions who supported the first phase include the High Commissions of Sierra Leone and India. The Embassies of Mexico, Sudan, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Angola, Brazil, China, Iran and the Netherlands are among the Missions who have supported the campaign.
Which Schools are Benefiting
Five schools have been selected from the Greater Accra Region and Eastern Region to benefit from the first phase of the campaign. The beneficiary schools are Odorgonno Senior High School, Abroad Motorway School, St. Justin Anglican School, Anyaa M. A. Basic School and Kubi School for the Deaf.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the campaign would go a long way in complementing the government's efforts in ensuring that education is accessible to all Ghanaians of school going age. Essentially, the Foreign Ministry hopes to cushion Ghanaian children whose parents are unable to provide their basic needs for school and ensure that they have access to quality education.
Supporting Diplomatic Missions
For the first phase of the campaign, the Ministry obtained several sets of English language and Mathematics textbooks for a number of Primary School children in classes ranging from class one to six and Junior High School one to three. The Diplomatic Missions who supported the first phase include the High Commissions of Sierra Leone and India. The Embassies of Mexico, Sudan, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Angola, Brazil, China, Iran and the Netherlands are among the Missions who have supported the campaign.
Which Schools are Benefiting
Five schools have been selected from the Greater Accra Region and Eastern Region to benefit from the first phase of the campaign. The beneficiary schools are Odorgonno Senior High School, Abroad Motorway School, St. Justin Anglican School, Anyaa M. A. Basic School and Kubi School for the Deaf.
See photos below.....
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